This book by the National Institutes of Health (Publication 06-4082) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides information and effective ways to work with your diet because what you choose to eat affects your chances of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension (the medical term). Recent studies show that blood pressure can be lowered by following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan-and by eating less salt, also called sodium. While each step alone lowers blood pressure, the combination of the eating plan and a reduced sodium intake gives the biggest benefit and may help prevent the development of high blood pressure. This book, based on the DASH research findings, tells how to follow the DASH eating plan and reduce the amount of sodium you consume. It offers tips on how to start and stay on the eating plan, as well as a week of menus and some recipes. The menus and recipes are given for two levels of daily sodium consumption-2,300 and 1,500 milligrams per day. Twenty-three hundred milligrams is the highest level considered acceptable by the National High Blood Pressure Education Program. It is also the highest amount recommended for healthy Americans by the 2005 "U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans." The 1,500 milligram level can lower blood pressure further and more recently is the amount recommended by the Institute of Medicine as an adequate intake level and one that most people should try to achieve. The lower your salt intake is, the lower your blood pressure. Studies have found that the DASH menus containing 2,300 milligrams of sodium can lower blood pressure and that an even lower level of sodium, 1,500 milligrams, can further reduce blood pressure. All the menus are lower in sodium than what adults in the United States currently eat-about 4,200 milligrams per day in men and 3,300 milligrams per day in women. Those with high blood pressure and prehypertension may benefit especially from following the DASH eating plan and reducing their sodium intake.

The DASH Diet Action Plan is the user-friendly teaching guide to the DASH diet. Initially, many people find it difficult to follow the DASH diet. This book makes it simple to understand and put into practice. The book makes it easy to lose weight with the DASH diet, and it has realistic ways to add exercise. Although the book was not intended to be an aggressive weight loss book, people are writing to say that they have surprised themselves by finding it easy to lose weight following the plan! Many people find the DASH diet to be hard to implement and sustain in a hectic lifestyle. The average American gets 2 - 3 servings of fruits and vegetables combined each day, so following the DASH diet may seem daunting. The DASH Diet Action Plan book is designed to help you with more than just "what" is involved with the DASH diet, it also shows you "how." How to follow the DASH diet in restaurants, how to lose weight, how to make over your kitchen to make it easy to follow your plan, how to fit in exercise, how to reduce salt intake, how to add vegetables even if you "hate" vegetables. And the book helps you make your own personal plan with specific steps you will take to fit the DASH diet into your daily routine. Our readers say that this is the best DASH diet book! Your step-by-step plan will include: setting your goals for blood pressure and cholesterol, determining the calorie-level you need for maintenance or weight loss, developing meal plans, developing a realistic exercise plan, adjusting the DASH diet to accommodate other health problems, choosing the key DASH diet foods, reading food labels, and learning how to incorporate more vegetables in your diet, and setting up your kitchen to make it easy to stay on track. This book was written by a registered dietitian who is experienced in helping people make sustainable behavior changes, and make healthy eating part of their real lives. She knows that people need flexibility and options to choose different approaches, since not everyone has the time or the interest in cooking or making drastic changes in how they eat. The book incorporates tools that will help you plan the specific steps you will take to adopt the DASH diet. Research shows that people who make concrete plans are more likely to be successful with adopting new health behavior. This should improve your ability to lower your blood pressure (and cholesterol), without medication.

Get with the plan that is clinically proven to significantly reduce blood pressure! This updated booklet contains a week's worth of sample menus and recipes. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension(DASH) eating plan features plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other foods that are heart healthy and low in salt/sodium. Also contains additional information on weight loss and physical activity. For those interested in a condensed version on this topic, see "In Brief: Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH".

What you choose to eat affects your chances of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension (the medical term). Studies show that blood pressure can be lowered by following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan and by eating less salt, also called sodium. While each step alone lowers blood pressure, the combination of the eating plan and a reduced sodium intake gives the biggest benefitand may help prevent the development of high blood pressure. This guide, based on the DASH research findings, tells how to follow the DASH eating plan and reduce the amount of sodium you consume. Contents: Introduction; What Is High Blood Pressure?; What Is the DASH Eating Plan?; How Do I Make the DASH?; How Can I Get Started on the DASH Eating Plan?; A Week With the DASH Eating Plan; Recipes for Heart Health Figures and tables. This is a print on demand report.

DASH Diet Plan: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure (With 7 Days Program) is a medical guide that will help everyone who has a high blood pressure problem. This book gives you a basic concept about high blood pressure and DASH, how you can make and start with the DASH. Finally, This book include a 7 days DASH program which effectively lower your blood pressure with recipes that you can do it at home. Contents in this book; DASH Diet Plan: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure Introduction What Is High Blood Pressure? Box 1: Blood Pressure Levels for Adults* What Is the DASH Eating Plan? Box 2: Daily Nutrient Goals Used in the DASH Studies (for a 2,100 Calorie Eating Plan) Who Helped With DASH? How Do I Make the DASH? Box 3 Following the DASH Eating Plan Box 4 DASH Eating Plan - Number of Daily Servings for Other Calorie Levels Box 5: How to Lower Calories on the DASH Eating Plan Box 6: Make a Dash for DASH Box 7 Where's the Sodium? Box 8: Tips To Reduce Salt and Sodium Box 9: Reducing Salt and Sodium When Eating Out Box 10: Compare Nutrition Facts Labels on Foods Box 11 Label Language Box 12: Where's the Potassium? How Can I Get Started on the DASH Eating Plan? Box 13: Getting Started Box 14 What's on Your Plate? Box 15: Making the DASH to Good Health A Week With the DASH Eating Plan Recipes for Heart Health

More than 50 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure, and most of them control it by taking prescription drugs with potentially dangerous side effects. But there is a natural, affordable, and easy-to-manage alternative to medication: the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. Developed by a world-class team of doctors and nutritionists, the DASH diet is clinically proven to lower blood-pressure levels and thereby reduce the risk of heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease. Now, with The DASH Diet for Hypertension, readers can benefit from: • A hearty and healthful selection of DASH menus, recipes, even grocery lists • DASH weight-loss and exercise programs for everyday living • The science behind DASH, including calorie worksheets and a formula to calculate body-mass ...and much more from this revolutionary program, which is recommended by the American Heart Association; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the American Society for Hypertension; and other leading medical authorities.